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Re: relaxing

Author: rickw48
Date: 2009-02-20 13:30

[to jrestes] Seems to me there's always lots of ways of looking at the same issue and that maybe what is required is to "reframe" the way you're approaching solos.

If you're currently worried about messing up something that "everyone knows" then change your thoughts. How about focusing on the fact that not everyone listening to your performance will be an "expert". Believe it or not, most people who attend live arts performances only go once - that's right, once. (I do marketing for arts orgs for a living, btw). Really focus on them. Some of them may not even have heard of Tchaikovsky, let alone have ever sat through an entire performance of this wonderful symphony.

Imagine what a gift that is: to be in a position to give someone an experience which may stay with them for a lifetime. They won't have sat in libraries endlessly comparing the phrasing, tone, intonation and musicality of Lothar Koch or John Mack or Gordon Hunt. They won't even know this solo is coming up.

All you have to do is to believe in the music and your ability to play it. Focus on what you think the music is really about: is it a peasant singing to keep warm while working in a frozen field? is it a young girl daydreaming about the pony she wants for her birthday? is it your mother making your a birthday cake? is it you daydreaming about being an oboist? It really doesn't matter about what the picture is, all that matters is that you have one and that you try to create this picture through the sounds you make on your oboe. Good luck.

Richard

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